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This is a list of features that were COMPLETELY CUT, REDUCED, or TWEAKED for the worst from previous base versions within The Sims series. It DOESN'T include missing expansion pack features that should be base by now (i.e. Weather) or new features promised for Sims 4, but later cut such as Colors Impacting Emotions and Woohoo Skills.

Graham Nardone (Sims 4 Producer) wrote:But the conversation then changes into discussing what is or isn’t there and the minutiae of differences in each feature along some scale because the easiest way to try and understand something new is to compare and contrast it to what came before.

Graham,
Every series from Mario to Grand Theft Auto typically will cut a feature or two from one installment to the other. That said, I don't believe we, as in most of the people you want to sell this game to, consider these a "minutiae" of differences...

MAJOR CONFIRMED MISSING: (All were in base versions of Sims 3) No create a style (CAST) - NOT technically possible in future expansion (x) No modifications to public space - The park in the demo is a mix of a community lot and public space (x1)(x2) No "normal" careers - Law enforcement, Medical, Business, etc. were removed (x) NO OPEN WORLD - You can't just walk from house to house without loading screen...(x1)(x2) No pools(x) No terrain tools other than paint - REALLY !?!?! (x) No story progression - Aside from Sim's aging its out! (x) No toddlers (x) No way to create/place new lots - And you only have 2 empty ones at the start of the game! (patched into base Sims 3) (x)

MAJOR CONFIRMED AS CRIPPLED/LIMITED/LAME: (All were in base versions of Sims 3) All buildings on a lot must either have/have not a foundation. No mixing for sheds, garages, etc. (x) Babies are mere objects - ***ALL INTERACTION IS THRU THE BASINET, NO NEEDS, YOU CAN'T WALK AROUND WITH THEM***(x) Backgrounds are illusions - The buildings in the background are not playable AT ALL in the game! (x) Completely FLAT building lots - That's right we've gone back to living in a flat world! (x) Fewer floors/levels(x1)(x2)SIGNIFICANTLY smaller "worlds" of <25 lots compared to 125+ lots (x) Smaller lots - Lots are limited to 50x50 instead of 64x64. (x) Loading screens for individual lots (x) Teens are same height as adults and they along with elders all look nearly identical. (x)

ALL OTHER THAT IS CONFIRMED LAME: 32-bit executable - Intel has not sold mainstream consumer PC 32-bit processors in like 7+ years and it should have been 64-bit (to address more RAM which is very important to this game) (x) Fewer "actual" traits (new traits = rewards in Sims 3) (x) Fewer user selectable traits per Sim within CAS (additional ones assigned during gameplay) (x)Incompatible simpoint currency - DON'T BUY BUNDLES IF YOU PLAN TO USE THEM ON SIMS 4(x)

MOST LIKELY TRUE (not yet confirmed): No cashier’s (in Sims 2) (x) No create a world
No exterminator (in Sims 2) (x) No swings
Premium Membership REQUIRED to get certain sets on release day or at all

CONTESTED FACTS (responses vary): No attraction system
No MAC version - Answer changed from "after PC release" to "no comment" which has 100% of the time ultimately meant "no".

But don't worry you can "emotionally" breastfeed (although only while standing and by clicking on a crib?) and they have rocket ships to off screen. Yep, that's the trade off

Btw, since a picture is worth a thousand words... I proudly present The Sims 4 World Map! Yep, its that small!
To be clear: This is NOT a single "neighborhood" below, in fact it is showing ALL 6 "neighborhoods" in 1 "world"!!!

To be clear the features listed below are not rumors. Everything below has been confirmed with sources linked below or mentioned somewhere in this thread.

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Pguida has been right about a ton of stuff; I've seen him verbally lambasted by people regarding the missing toddlers, only for him to be proven completely correct. In fact, lol, I'm still curious where the Indiana Jones guy is, who basically called him a nutjob. He's been strangely absent from the forum since that announcement.

Take a look at a picture of Willow Creek, you will see a car on the road. You will also see what appears to be a garage.

I don't believe there will be basements in the base game. I'm hoping in an expansion or patch. I think they focused on being able to pick up any house and physically move the entire thing, or being able to raise or lower the foundation at any time, to the detriment of having basements. Hopefully, they can program them back in the game.

Snooty wrote:They also confirmed that you can't edit public places, there are no favorites (food, color, music), you can't swim anywhere and teens (13-17 in the game) look almost the same as adults.

I believe you are correct when you say you can't edit public spaces. So presumably you can't add lots. However, you can edit community and residential lots and if there are only up to 5 lots per neighbourhood I would imagine any editing done to the existing lots would make quite a big difference within that neighbourhood.

Pguida has been right about a ton of stuff; I've seen him verbally lambasted by people regarding the missing toddlers, only for him to be proven completely correct. In fact, lol, I'm still curious where the Indiana Jones guy is, who basically called him a nutjob. He's been strangely absent from the forum since that announcement.